Former Appeals Court President Justice Mustapha Adebayo Akanbi has died within the early hours of Sunday in Ilorin, Kwara state.
Son of the deceased Barrister Kabir Akanbi confirmed his father’s demise, saying he would buried later within the day..
The former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) was born on 11 September 1932 in Accra, Ghana.
He labored as an Executive officer within the Ghana Civil Service and was additionally energetic as a commerce unionist.
Moving to Nigeria, he labored within the School Broadcasting Department of the Ministry of Education.
He obtained a scholarship to check legislation on the Institute of Administration, now Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, adopted by authorized research within the United Kingdom.
He was referred to as to the English Bar in 1963, Nigerian Bar in January 1964 and joined the Ministry of Justice the place turned a Senior State Counsel in 1968.
In 1969, he arrange in personal follow in kano however was appointed a choose of the Federal Revenue Court in 1974. In January 1977, he was elevated to the Court of Appeal Bench.
In 1992 he was made President of the Nigerian Court of Appeal, a place he held till retiring in 1999.
His son can be a profitable Lawyer, turning into Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch.